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very common, and was to be seen in every flowery field or wood. A 

 great many seem to have survived the winter, and have been seen in 

 the garden ah the spring. I saw only one example of Colias edusa. 

 — W. M. Christy ; Watergate, Emsworth, Hants. 



Early Lepidoptera in Cornwall. — The following notes of some 

 Cornish first appearances may be of interest : Vanessa to, February 

 10th, one ; very abundant along coast on March 23rd and since. 

 Aglais urticce, common on March 23rd, but not nearly so abundant 

 as the preceding during April. Pararge egeria var. egerides well out 

 on March 23rd. Gelastrina argiolus, x\pril 8th ; common since. 

 Pieris rwpcB, April 9th. Pararge megcera, April 21st, males only ; I 

 also took Larentia viuUistrigaria. On February 17th, Thera variata 

 {obcliscata) . April 23rd and 25th, Phragmatohia fidiginosa. Chryso- 

 phanus phlceas, April 25th. Euchlo'e cardaviines, x\pril 26th. V. io 

 and A. urticce are fond of the hot southward cliffs. Gonepteryx 

 rhamni is common inland ; never on the cliffs. C. argiolus and 

 P. egerides are common in all lanes, hedgerows, etc. — E. A. C. 

 Stowell ; The Grammar School, Fowey, May 7th, 1918. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Brighton. — I know of over fifty specimens 

 of this moth that were taken here between August 9th and October 6th 

 last year. With a friend I captured over thirty, all being attracted by 

 flowers of the tobacco (Nicotiana) plant. I firmly believe that the 

 larvte bred here during the. summer, probably from ova laid by a 

 moth from France. Most of the moths were quite fresh, and appeared 

 to have recently emerged from pupae. — F. G. S. Bramwell ; 1, Dyke 

 Road Drive, Brighton. 



ManDUCA (ACHERONTIAJ ATROPOS AND SpHINX CONVOLVULI IN 



Ireland. — A Death's-head moth was captured about a quarter of a 

 mile from here a few weeks ago (three miles from city) ; also I 

 caught a fine S. convolvuli last September sitting on the shore of 

 Strangford Lough, co. Down. — Walter Malcomson ; Cran-y-gael, 

 32, Osborne Gardens, Belfast, April 15th, 1918. 



Note on Saturnia carpini. — In the fall of 1917 (late October) I 

 received a few cocoons from my brother in Salonika. On April 25th, 

 1918, two fine female S. carpini {pavonia) emerged. These were 

 taken to Oxshott on April 27th. The day was cold, but a male 

 " assembled," and one of the Salonika females has deposited a fine 

 batch of ova. Will it be strictly correct to label the anticipated 

 progeny British ? — A. K. Ing ; 57, Durlston Road, Kingston-on- 

 Thames. 



Yellow Variety of Phragmatobia fuliginosa. — On May 2nd I 

 picked up on the road a specimen of P. fuliginosa, which turned out 

 to be the rare yellow form of this species. The date is unusually 

 early especially after the cold April we have experienced this year. — ■ 

 (Rev.) J. E. Tarbat, Fareham, Hants. 



Plusia moneta Larv^ — Early Appearance. — On March 17th I 

 found larvae of P. vioneta already feeding in their " shelters." This 

 is more than a month earlier than I have previously observed them 

 in this district, the dates in 1916 and 1917 being respectively, 



